Ismailiyya BuildingThe foundations of Ismailiyya building was laid down by Musa Naghiyev, well-known Azerbaijani millionaire in 1907. The construction of the building completed in 1913 and the building was considered the most grandiose building of the city for its architectural features. Mammad Amin Rasulzade wrote about this building in his “Azerbaijan Republic” book published in Turkey: “Possibly it is the first building for its grandeur constructed for this purpose in Islamic world”. The building was constructed by the millionaire in commemoration of his deceased young son Ismail. Ismailiyya Building was constructed in Venetian Gothic style. The author of architectural design of the building is civil architect Josef Plosko. The building has considered volume-space solution. On the first floor on the cross exit of the building there is a quadrangular vestibule, then opens a foyer with grand Ionic columns, and then there are wide central three-flight entry stairs. On the corners of the foyer there are two-flight stairs. There are service rooms parallel to entry stairs. “Pictures” in classic style accompany along the entry stairs to the second floor. While the façade of the building is styled in Venetian Gothic, the style of the interior is close to the European Classic style and it protuberantly shows itself in subtle architectural solution of the second floor, and on well-cut Corinthian columns surrounding the three dimensional public foyer of the hall. Here dynamics of sharp forms of gothic style is replaced with quite different appearance of architecture. Elegance of proportions, sharpness of architectural elements and details remind imperial Rome. During March events in 1918, Armenians plundered and then burnt Ismailiyya Building. The building was reconstructed in time of Azerbaijan People’s Republic. The building was intended for the Muslim Charity Society, but today it hosts the Presidium of National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan.